Beware
[bɪ'weə] or [bɪ'wɛr]
Definition
(verb.) be on one's guard; be cautious or wary about; be alert to; 'Beware of telephone salesmen'.
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Definition
(v. i.) To be on one's guard; to be cautious; to take care; -- commonly followed by of or lest before the thing that is to be avoided.
(v. i.) To have a special regard; to heed.
(v. t.) To avoid; to take care of; to have a care for.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. Mind, take care, be cautious.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Care, refrain, consider, heed, look, fear, avoid
ANT:Ignore, overlook, neglect, incur, brave, dare
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Definition
v.i. to be on one's guard: to be suspicious of danger: to take care (with of; with clause—lest that not how).
Editor: Lucius
Examples
- Instead her eyes warned me to beware the sleeping figures that surrounded her. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Nor trust the seeming lifeless snake, Beware! Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Beware, he said. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Beware of thinking all your own that you possess, and of living accordingly. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- With cautious speech, good council take, Beware! Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Man, you may hate; but beware! Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- I shall visit Paris again someday, and then let the guides beware! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
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